Why do we remember AMOS FORTUNE today

Published in 1950, Elizabeth Yates's Amos Fortune, Free Man is a biographical novel which follows the story of an African prince sold into slavery who later buys his freedom and starts a business in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The book has been translated into several languages and won multiple awards, including the 1951 Newbery Medal for children's literature. Like many of Yates's other books, Amos Fortune, Free Man was illustrated by British artist Nora Unwin.